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Japan trade loss widens

Published: 29 Jan 2014 - 09:36 am | Last Updated: 07 Feb 2022 - 11:40 pm

Containers are unloaded from a cargo ship docked at a container terminal in Tokyo, Japan, yesterday. Japan reported its largest-ever annual trade loss of 11.47 trillion yen ($112.07bn) in 2013, increasing by 65.3 percent from a year-earlier deficit of 6.94 trillion yen, due to the rise in import costs.